{"id":5951,"date":"2011-03-09T09:20:26","date_gmt":"2011-03-09T17:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/?p=5951"},"modified":"2013-02-07T20:38:26","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T04:38:26","slug":"tchaikovsky-competition-announces-competitors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2011\/03\/09\/tchaikovsky-competition-announces-competitors\/","title":{"rendered":"tchaikovsky competition announces competitors"},"content":{"rendered":"

The XIV International Tchaikovsky Competition<\/a> has announced the competitors that have made it through to the first live rounds. The categories are piano, violin, cello and voice.<\/p>\n

The most interesting tidbit from the competitors lists is that former<\/a> Seattle Symphony principal cellist Joshua Roman<\/a> has made the cut. It will be interesting to see how he does.<\/p>\n

It’s also interesting to see how the nationality breakdown works out – here are my findings:<\/p>\n

For the sake of readability, I’ve made the charts with only the top three or four nations for each category (excluding voice). After the charts you can see the breakdown for each country represented by instrument [click each chart\/table to enlarge].<\/p>\n

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The XIV International Tchaikovsky Competition has announced the competitors that have made it through to the first live rounds. The categories are piano, violin, cello and voice. The most interesting tidbit from the competitors lists is that former Seattle Symphony principal cellist Joshua Roman has made the cut. 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